Improved broom



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

A. C. HOAG, OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED BROOM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,023, dated April 22, 1962.

description thereof, reference being had to the. accompanying` drawings, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represent-s a plan view of my invention or improved broom; Fig. 2, a plan Aview of the device, whereby the broom is held together and fastened to the handle; andFig. 2l represents a side view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts of my invention.

The object of my invention is to obtain a device whereby the broom or brush may be compressed into form and held together in a firm and durable manner and at the same time be attached or fastened into the handle thereof in such a mann er that the said broom or brush maybe detached and removed from the handle and another put in place thereof, thus obviating the necessity of procuring new handles for brooms or brushes.

To enable others to understand and construct my improved broom or brush, I will pro* ceed to describe my invention with particularity.'

A represents the handle, which extends to A', as shown in Fig. 2, the part marked A being so fia-ttcned as to admit the broom-brush to be inserted around it, beneath the rims of C and D.

B shows the broom as constructed.

C and D are plates placed parallel to each other on opposite sides of the handle, to which they are fastened by the rivet or bolt b.

C and D may be of an oval or any other suitable and convenient form', with the centers cut away, as shown in "Figs, l and 9, or not, as may be preferred. C and D are further connected by the rivets c and the screwbolts a.

To construct my improved broom orbrush, a sufficient quantity of broom-corn is arranged in suitable form and the ends thereof are placed between the plates or rims C and D and about A', when, by means of the screwbolts d, the plates, sliding upon the rivets or bolts l) and c, are brought together until the broom or brush is firmly fastened in place, and by cutting off the en ds of the broom-corn smoothly about E it presents the appearance as shown in Fig. l.

I claim as my invention- The method of fastening brooms to the handles thereof by means of the plates C and D, connected by the rivets b c, and the screwbolts a, constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

A. C. IIOAG. lVitnesses:

WM. C. MAY-Huw,

W. E. Manns. 

